Day 2

Addis Ababa day 2

Okay...things are better today.  We got up and went for a walk to the University campus where we met a guy named Amr and his 2 friends who were so nice and helpful.  They took us around the campus and to the local "hangout" where the university students were playing basketball, dancing, and the theatre students were filming a movie.  Everyone insisted that we not just observe, but participate in dancing haha...which we politely declined until we were cheered on so much we had to...white girls dancing...I'm sure they had a good laugh at our expense haha.  After visiting around campus our new friends took us to a tiny restaurant for lunch.  They got the traditional injera which looks like a huge spongey pancake with blobs of baby food on it.  You then rip off a piece of it and dip it in the sauces and everybody uses their hands.  We tried a little bit of it and all decided it was an acquired taste and stuck with vegetable pasta.  Amr took us all around town and gave us a lot of advice and answered our questions.  One thing we noticed when we were walking around was that so many guys hold hands with each other, so we just assumed that there were a lot of gay couples in Addis.  When i asked Amr about it, he got such a kick out of it.  I guess people are just very touchy feely here and it's common for people to holds hands.  

So as for the guest house situation, we have decided to stick it out at this place for 3 weeks and then switch to the Ethiopia Guest Home for the final 3 weeks.  We think this will break up our time and will make financial sense. ( www.ethiopiaguesthome.com ) 

Things are looking up...we just have to get used to the daily power outages and "Ethiopian" Internet.

Love everyone!